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W. M. BRYANT.

Cigar Pipe.

No, 25,803. Patented'ocr. 18, 1859..

Inventar:

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VILIIIAM M. BRYANT, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SMOKING-TUBE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 25,803, dated October 18, 1859.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. BRYANT, of the city and county of V-ashington, and District of Columbia, have invented a vcertain new and useful article, which I denominate a Cigar-Pipe; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a longitudinal section through the tube. Figs. 2 and 3 represent similar sections of a portion thereof, showing modifications of the general plan of construction; and Figs. 4 and 5 represent detached portions not distinctly shown in the other figures.

Similar letters of reference, where' they occur in the several figures, denote like parts in all of them.

My invention consists in a tubular pipe, the bowl, tobacco-chamber, and mouth-piece of which may all be in one line, and which is furnished with a follower actuated by a spring to force or furnish the tobacco to the point where it is burned as fast as it isconsumed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe t-he same with reference to the drawings.

rIhe portion a of the tube may be made of baked clay, earthenware, glass, or any mineral matter, or of metal, or wood, and when made of the latter substance should be lined with any .vitriiied matter or metal to protect it from the heat of the burning tobacco. The portion b, which is the mouth-piece, may be made of amber, meerschaum, or any other substance used for this purpose. The part c, which may be termed the bowl,77 as the tobacco is burned there, may be of metal, or of any earthy or mineral matter that will not be destroyed by the fire. The lengths or proportions of the mouth-piece, tube, and bowl, may vary to suit the fancy or taste of the maker or user; and the material of which they are composed may be changed at pleasure, and either one, two, three, or Inore kinds of material may be used in the construction of the tube. The outside of the tube' may be `it is a spiral or helical wire.

made in imitation of a cigar in shape and color, so that in smoking fine-cut tobacco in it, it would not differ in appearance from a cigar. The bowl end of the tube should be furnished with a shield, d, of any form which will prevent the tobacco from 'being forced out Vof the tube, while it will at the same time admit air through it to promote the burning of the tobacco. In Fig. l this shield or protector is a simple bar across the tube. In Fig. 2 it is a perforated thimble. In Fig. 3 An imitation'of cigar-ashes may be made at the bowl end of the tube, which would make it still further represent a cigar.-

c represents the tobacco placed in the inside of the tube. It maybe inserted at either end, the end piece being made removable for that purpose. I prefer to put the. tobacco into the tube at the mouth-piece end. Then the tobacco is inserted at this end, the spring j and follower g, which are both loose in the tube, are first removed, and when a proper charge is introduced the follower is placed against it, the spring inserted, and the end piece screwed or otherwise put on. When charged from the bowl end, then the shieldpiece d need only be removed.

By simply removing the shield-piece, the

device may be used as a cigar-holder, and thus be used for smoking cigars or tine tobacco. The tube is easily cleansed, as all its parts may be detached from each other.

The advantage of such a pipe on the score of economy is well known, as smoking-tobacco can be procured at a fraction of what cigars cost. and it may be used anywhere that a cigar is used, and, further, may be used where an ordinary pipe would not be used. It is neat, simple, cheap, and a very desirable substitute for a tobacco-pipe.

I am aware the fine tobacco has been put and smoked in tubes of various kinds. This I do not claim. In my contrivance the tobacco is forced up to a certain point, where it is burned. In all others of which I have knowledge the re follows the tobacco up into the tube, while I bring the tobacco to the fire or consuming-point. I do not, therefore, lay claim to a tubular pipe, unless the tobacco be furnished to the re by means substantially such as I have shown.

Having thus fully described the nature and ing point or chamber as fast as it is consumed, object 0i' my invention, what 'I Claim therein substantially in the manner and for the puras new, and desire to secure by Letters Patpose herein set forth.

ent, s- T T A. tubular tobacco-pipe which contains the VILLIAM M' BPA A T' Supply of tobacco Within it, and is furnished Witnesses: with a spring and follower, or their equivzi- THOS.H. 'UPPERMAN, lents, that force up the tobacco -to the burn- E. COHEN. J 

